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Definition of Schists

Schist
Schist Schist (sh[i^]st), n. [Gr. ? divided, divisible, fr. ? to divide: cf. F. schiste. See Schism.] (Geol.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Meaning of Schists from wikipedia

- in schists include chlorite, talc, and graphite. Chlorite schist is typically formed by metamorphism of ultramafic igneous rocks, as is talc schist. Talc...
- outcrops of the Haast Schist within the central North Island. The schists were named after Haast P**** on the West Coast. The Haast Schist can be divided geographically...
- of the Alps. Bündner schists were originally marine sediments that underwent metamorphism at large depths. The Bündner schists were deposited in the...
- Greece 1822–present The oldest known human presence in Athens is the Cave of Schist, which has been dated to between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Athens has...
- The Catalina Schist is a metamorphic rock complex primarily exposed on Santa Catalina Island of the Channel Islands of California. It formed during the...
- Schistes is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. It was long considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed hummingbird but this species...
- of the predominant minerals glaucophane and lawsonite. Blueschists are schists typically found within orogenic belts as terranes of lithology in faulted...
- dolomite and siderite also readily yield amphibolite (tremolite-schist, grunerite-schist, and others) especially where there has been a certain amount of...
- The Schistes bitumineux (French for Oil shale/Bituminous shale) is an Early Jur****ic geologic formation in Bascharage, Luxembourg that is located within...
- ointment, is a medication derived from sulfur-rich oil shale (bituminous schists). It is used (sometimes in combination with zinc oxide) as a treatment...